THIS IS UNOFFICIALbut usually correct or darn close

RAIN: rain showers came thru during practice for the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway with 20 minutes to go, the rain stoped around 2pm/et, qualifying was due to start at 3:10pm/et, but didn't and at 3:42pm/et the first driver went out on the track to take a qualifying run.

Kurt Busch wins pole at Michigan: #2-Kurt Busch won the Coors Pole for the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway with a speed of 189.984mph for his 2nd pole of 2010 and 12th of his career. #1-McMurray will start 2nd followed by #48-Johnson, #9-Kahne, #31-Burton, #24-Gordon, #11-Hamlin, #39-Newman, #00-Reutimann & #42-Montoya, who was fastest in practice. Points leader #29-Kevin Harvick will start 31st and #88-Earnhardt Jr. will start 27th.
The go-or-go homers who made the race (8): #21-Elliott, #38-Kvapil, #09-Cassill [making his first career start], #87-Nemechek, #13-Papis, #46-Yeley [making his 100th career start], #64-TBodine and #26-Stremme.
The go-or-go homers who failed to qualify for the race (3): #66-Blaney, #55-Waltrip & #36-Sauter
See the starting lineup, qualifying speeds and notes on my Michigan Starting Lineup/Qualifying Results page.(6-11-2010)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Michigan:
Kurt Busch won the Coors Light Pole Award for the HELUVA GOOD! SOUR CREAM DIPS 400 with a lap of 37.898 seconds, 189.984 mph.
This is his 12th pole in 343 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2010. His first pole this season was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
This is his first pole in 19 races at Michigan International Speedway. His previous best start at Michigan was fourth in June of 2003.
Jamie McMurray (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2010 and his first in 15 races at Michigan International Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson (third) posted his 12th top-10 start at Michigan International Speedway. It is his 10th in 15 races this season.(NASCAR Statistics)(6-11-2010)

Rookie of the Year Candidates:
how fast were they and where do they start:
#34-Kevin Conway, 183.271mph, starts 42nd
Terry Cook (X), DNR - no ride
(X) = needs to race their way in to the race
DNR = Did not race
DNQ = Did not qualify for race

# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender
a driver/car# in RED is a go-or-go-homer and had to qualify by speed to make the race
a driver/car# in BLUE is a go-or-go-homer and is a past series champions, eligible to use a past champ provisional

PC = Past Champion Provisional used
DNQ = Did not qualify
OP = made field by Owners Points - in the top 35 in owners points
WD = Withdrew before qualifying

QUALIFYING RESULTS by SPEED

THIS IS UNOFFICIAL

Qualifying after 46 of 46 drivers:

Pos

SchedQual Pos

ActualQual Pos

Car#

Driver

Manu

Qual Speed(mph)

Qual Time(seconds)

Last Practice Speed

PracticeRank

DifferenceQual vs Prac(mph)

OwnersPointsRank

1

11

11

2

Kurt Busch

Dodge

189.984

37.898

188.482

3

1.502

5

2

1

1

1

Jamie McMurray

Chevy

189.788

37.937

188.058

6

1.730

18

3

16

16

48

Jimmie Johnson

Chevy

189.668

37.961

188.516

2

1.152

6

4

22

22

9

Kasey Kahne

Ford

189.623

37.970

183.932

37

5.691

23

5

2

2

31

Jeff Burton

Chevy

189.474

38.000

184.110

32

5.364

8

6

8

8

24

Jeff Gordon

Chevy

189.359

38.023

188.088

5

1.271

7

7

3

3

11

Denny Hamlin

Toyota

189.145

38.066

185.725

23

3.420

3

8

27

27

39

Ryan Newman

Chevy

189.051

38.085

186.664

17

2.387

14

9

26

26

00

David Reutimann

Toyota

188.907

38.114

187.740

8

1.167

19

10

35

35

42

Juan Pablo Montoya

Chevy

188.655

38.165

188.917

1

-0.262

20

11

21

21

19

Elliott Sadler

Ford

188.521

38.192

186.114

20

2.407

30

12

5

5

20

Joey Logano

Toyota

188.314

38.234

187.480

12

0.834

17

13

14

14

56

Martin Truex Jr.

Toyota

188.309

38.235

187.735

10

0.574

15

14

23

23

6

David Ragan

Ford

188.270

38.243

187.735

9

0.535

26

15

12

12

18

Kyle Busch

Toyota

188.245

38.248

182.468

42

5.777

2

16

24

24

16

Greg Biffle

Ford

188.245

38.248

188.176

4

0.069

10

17

18

18

14

Tony Stewart

Chevy

188.221

38.253

184.106

33

4.115

13

18

19

19

77

Sam Hornish Jr.

Dodge

187.867

38.325

184.890

28

2.977

28

19

33

33

99

Carl Edwards

Ford

187.813

38.336

186.335

19

1.478

9

20

4

4

7

Robby Gordon

Toyota

187.642

38.371

185.557

25

2.085

35

21

13

13

5

Mark Martin

Chevy

187.603

38.379

186.848

15

0.755

11

22

20

20

98

Paul Menard

Ford

187.603

38.379

187.647

11

-0.044

21

23

34

34

78

Regan Smith

Chevy

187.593

38.381

187.740

7

-0.147

29

24

17

17

47

Marcos Ambrose

Toyota

187.529

38.394

185.209

27

2.320

31

25

25

25

33

Clint Bowyer

Chevy

187.480

38.404

185.562

24

1.918

12

26

10

10

43

A J Allmendinger

Ford

187.437

38.413

187.037

14

0.400

22

27

30

30

88

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Chevy

187.393

38.433

187.183

13

0.210

16

28

45

45

21

Bill Elliott

Ford

187.251

38.451

185.763

22

1.488

45-IN

29

32

32

82

Scott Speed

Toyota

187.246

38.452

186.548

18

0.698

27

30

7

7

71

Bobby Labonte

Chevy

186.848

38.534

182.616

41

4.232

33

31

9

9

29

Kevin Harvick

Chevy

186.616

38.582

184.596

29

2.020

1

32

29

29

83

Casey Mears

Toyota

186.398

38.627

186.669

16

-0.271

24

33

31

31

12

Brad Keselowski

Dodge

186.292

38.649

182.219

44

4.073

25

34

38

38

38

Travis Kvapil

Ford

186.191

38.670

185.362

26

0.829

36-IN

35

36

36

09

Landon Cassill

Chevy

186.090

38.691

183.146

40

2.944

41-IN

36

28

28

37

David Gilliland

Ford

185.946

38.721

180.605

45

5.341

34

37

39

39

87

Joe Nemechek

Toyota

185.922

38.726

186.104

21

-0.182

40-IN

38

44

44

13

Max Papis

Toyota

185.821

38.747

184.091

35

1.730

39-IN

39

15

15

17

Matt Kenseth

Ford

185.538

38.806

184.068

36

1.470

4

40

46

46

46

J J Yeley

Dodge

185.209

38.875

184.596

30

0.613

42-IN

41

42

42

64

Todd Bodine

Toyota

184.914

38.937

184.096

34

0.818

47-IN

42

37

37

26

David Stremme

Ford

184.862

38.948

184.153

31

0.709

37-IN

43

41

41

66

Dave Blaney

Toyota

184.426

39.040

183.870

38

0.556

43-DNQ

44

40

40

55

Michael Waltrip

Toyota

183.519

39.233

183.160

39

0.359

44-DNQ

45

6

6

34

Kevin Conway #

Ford

183.271

39.286

176.018

46

7.253

32

46

43

43

36

Johnny Sauter

Chevy

182.500

39.452

182.260

43

0.240

38-DNQ

a GREEN 'IN' means that team/driver have made the race, NOT in the top 35

a RED 'DNQ' means that team/driver will miss the race, NOT in the top 35

Drivers in RED will be required to qualify on time/speed, not in top 35

# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender

After the 5th race of the season, the current season OWNERS points are used:
#1) - First 35 by current Owner Points [team does not have to attempt all the races]
#2) - Last Years Cup Champ or the Event Champion if not already in the field
#3) - Car Owners whose team has won in the previous and current season not already in the field
#4) - Drivers who have won in the previous and current season not already in the field
#5) - Past Nextel Cup Champions not in by 1 thru 4
#6) - Qualifying Attempts with Owners points as the tie breaker
#7) - Qualifying Order Position
(all above apply as long as the team was entered by the entry deadline - usually 7-13 days before the race)